Georgia May Foote (born 11 February 1991) is an English actress and model. She is best known for playing Alison Simmons in the BBC school drama series Grange Hill from 2005 to 2008 and Katy Armstrong in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street from 2010 to 2015.[1] In 2015 she was runner-up on the BBC celebrity talent show Strictly Come Dancing. She came 98th in FHM's Sexiest Women of 2015.[2]

Contents

1Early life

2Career

2.1Strictly Come Dancing

3Filmography

4Awards and nominations

5Personal life

6References

7External links

Early life[edit]

Foote attended Elton High School in Bury and then Bury College.[3] She has an older sister named Katie.[4]

Career[edit]

Foote has been appearing on British television since 2004. She has played two different murder victims: Angela Fairley in the psychological thriller Conviction, and as Charley Witham in Life on Mars.[4] Other roles are Rosie in Sorted, Katy Barnes in Doctors, Jennifer Thurber in the BBC drama Casualty (20 September 2008), Julie Tinniswood in the ITV drama Heartbeat[5] (3 May 2009), Bryony in Emmerdale (April 2010), and Gemma in This Is England 86. She played the role of Lauren in the short film Cotton Stones. She also appeared in two domestic abuse television adverts.[6] She made a guest appearance in Coronation Street as Jess Burrows (18 January 2010), but was re-introduced as a new, regular character in July 2010, playing Katy Armstrong.[7] She left the show in 2015 to pursue other acting roles, interests, projects, and her modelling career.[8]

In 2013, Foote was nominated for the Sexiest Female Award at the British Soap Awards, but lost out to fellow Coronation Street actress Michelle Keegan. In 2014, she was nominated for the same award but again lost out to Michelle Keegan who portrayed Tina McIntyre in the show. In 2015 she came 98th on FHM's 100 Sexiest Women, she featured alongside Keegan who came 1st, the first time two stars from the same British soap had been in the Top 100 public poll.

Foote was signed to a modelling contract with Select Model Management in October 2014.[9]

Foote has appeared as a guest and contestant on shows such as Fake Reaction, All Star Family Fortunes, BBC Breakfast, Celebrity Juice and Loose Women.

Strictly Come Dancing[edit]

Main article: Strictly Come Dancing (series 13)

On 13 August 2015, it was announced that Foote would be participating in the thirteenth series of the BBC celebrity talent show Strictly Come Dancing from September 2015.[10] She was partnered with professional dancer Giovanni Pernice. The couple eventually reached the final where they received the maximum 40 points for their Charleston. They ended as joint runners-up along with Kellie Bright and Kevin Clifton, losing out to Jay McGuiness and Aliona Vilani who won the competition.[11]

Week No.

Dance/Song

Judges' score

Result

Craig Revel Horwood

Darcey Bussell

Len Goodman

Bruno Tonioli

Total

1

Jive – "Dear Future Husband"

6

7

7

7

27

None

2

Waltz – "Georgia on My Mind"

6

6

6

7

25

Safe

3

Rumba – "Writing's on the Wall"

7

7

6

7

27

Safe

4

Quickstep – "Reach"

7

7

9

8

31

Safe

5

Salsa – "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)"

7

8

8

8

31

Safe

6

Tango – "Ghostbusters"

8

9

9

9

35

Safe

7

Samba - "Volare"

8

9

9

9

35

Safe

8

Charleston - "Hot Honey Rag"

9

10

10

10

39

Safe

9

American Smooth - "I Have Nothing"

9

9

10

10

38

Safe

10

Paso Doble - "The Final Countdown"

8

8

8

9

33

Safe

Quickstep-a-thon - "Sing Sing Sing"

Awarded

6

Extra

Points

39

11

Foxtrot - "Beauty and the Beast"

9

9

9

9

36

Bottom two

12

Cha-Cha-Cha - "I Will Survive"

8

8

8

9

33

Safe

Viennese Waltz - "Runaway"

9

10

9

10

38

13

Rumba – "Writing's on the Wall"

9

9

9

9

36

Runners-Up

Showdance - "Fix You"

9

9

9

9

36

Charleston - "Hot Honey Rag"

10

10

10

10

40

Filmography[edit]

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Year

TV series

Role

Notes

2004

Conviction

Angela Fairley

3 episodes

2006

Sorted

Rosie

2007

Life on Mars

Charley Witham

1 episode

Doctors

Katy Barnes

2005–08

Grange Hill

Alison Simmons

Series regular

2008

Casualty

Jennifer Thurber

1 episode

2009

Cotton Stones

Lauren

Short film

Heartbeat

Julie Tinniswood

1 episode

2010

Emmerdale

Bryony Gregson

1 episode

This Is England '86

Gemma

2 episodes

Coronation Street

Jess Burrows

1 episode

2010–15

Katy Armstrong

Series regular

2012, 2013

Loose Women

Herself

Guest panellist: 2 episodes

2013

All Star Family Fortunes

Contestant/panelist

2013, 2016

Celebrity Juice

2014

Fake Reaction

2015

Strictly Come Dancing

Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two

2016

Saturday Kitchen

1 episode

2016

Trollied

Holly[12]

Series regular

Awards and nominations[edit]

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Year

Result

Award

Category

Film or series

Character

2013

Nominated

The British Soap Awards

Sexiest Female

Coronation Street

Katy Armstrong

2014

Nominated

The British Soap Awards

Sexiest Female

Personal life[edit]

Throughout 2015, she dated Coronation Street co-star Sean Ward (who played Callum Logan on the show). The following year, from January until August 2016, she dated her Strictly Come Dancing partner Giovanni Pernice.